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A year in the life of DSOs | Visibility and open data

A year in the life of DSOs | Visibility and open data

To get the most value from their assets, both electricity distribution networks and their customers need to know how they are being utilised and where spare capacity is available. Tom Grimwood looks at how distribution system operators (DSO) have been working to improve visibility over their networks and make this information accessible to others.

1 year ago

Who will Ofgem choose as market facilitator?

1 year ago

Smart meter installations fall to lowest level in years

1 year ago

Utility Week Intelligence Introduces FYLD

1 year ago

Five things you need to know about water smart metering programmes

1 year ago

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EDF: Industry needs to win back customer confidence in smart meter rollout

5 years ago

Ofgem outlines DCC performance regime direction

Ofgem has published a draft direction which outlines an updated framework for the Data Communications Company’s performance incentives. The regulator is now consulting on a revised OPR framework, including proposals for incentivising DCC’s system performance under four new outcome-based measures, broken down by meter type and region where relevant.

5 years ago

Efficiency drive: Why consumers still ignore consumption

Utility Week talks to SaveMoneyCutCarbon chief executive Mark Sait on the back of the company’s consumer poll, which shows 85 per cent remain unaware of how much electricity they are using. Sait claims that despite their unparalleled penetration of the population, utilities companies are failing to land the efficiency message – and will continue to until the “issue of trust” is resolved. He also talks about the missed opportunities to include water consumption in strategies to cut carbon.

5 years ago

Hinkley and Tideway projects ramp up staff

As the nation enters the first phase of returning to work, two landmark projects - Hinkley Point C and Thames Tideway - have brought staff back to sites with guidance on how to operate under social distancing rules.

5 years ago

Centrica and WPD set out bold EV plans

Carl Bayliss, vice president of Centrica Innovations, talks to Utility Week about the company’s joint strategy with Lotus to “redefine the customer relationship with cars”. Meanwhile, Western Power Distribution has updated its Electric Vehicle strategy, including new charging solutions for domestic customers and easier connection processes for charge point operators.

5 years ago

Octopus holds ad hoc trial to boost demand over bank holiday weekend

5 years ago

Regulating the new normal

5 years ago

Local flexibility market goes live in Orkney

5 years ago

Six steps to increase your engineering document control efficiency

5 years ago

Market-wide half-hourly settlement to benefit consumers by up to £4.6bn

5 years ago

Time for less talk and more action on decarbonisation

Network leaders must stop overanalysing and start getting on with the job of decarbonisation says Western Power Distribution’s, DSO systems manager, Roger Hey.

5 years ago

Energy disputes in a decentralised network

Richard Power, of law firm Clyde & Co, looks at how the energy transition and its three pillars of digitisation, decentralisation and dispute resolution will significantly impact the types of legal dispute which arise, and potentially deny access to justice.

5 years ago

Hitachi to loan ‘tens of millions’ for Gridserve’s Electric Forecourt dreams

5 years ago

Keeping us Connected: Northumbrian considers lockdown learnings

5 years ago

#AskUsAnything webinar: Energy networks

This #AskUsAnything webinar - now available to view on demand - focussed on how energy networks have fared during the pandemic and what the new normal will look like for them. A panel of experts, including UK Power Networks chief executive Basil Scarsella, Electricity North West chief executive Peter Emery and the ENA's Ross Easton, gave their thoughts on questions posed by Utility Week members.

Date: 01/05/2020 11:00 am

Keeping Us Connected: SPEN drives support in the community

Our Keeping Us Connected campaign is showcasing how the utilities sector is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Here we take a look at how Scottish Power Energy Networks is supporting some of its most vulnerable customers, as well as keeping young children occupied during lockdown.

5 years ago

Smart meter delay should be used to ‘reset expectations’

Greg Jackson, chief executive of Octopus Energy, believes a six to 12 month delay may give the industry sufficient time to resolve connectivity issues. He said the delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic will not be as long as those resulting from technology issues in the programme's early days.

5 years ago

Flexitricity becomes first virtual lead party to trade on balancing mechanism

5 years ago

Decarbonisation across energy and transport is possible today

By 2040 there could be 36 million electric vehicles on Britain’s roads, leading to inevitable challenges for the network. Jan Anderson, of Wärtsilä, discusses the role energy storage has to play in this transition.

5 years ago

SSEN to develop portable charging device for EVs

5 years ago

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